Birch Matthews (73 results)

Condition: Good. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CDs, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.

Condition: good. Cover Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reginald Birch (illustrator). 6pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 1 drawing, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Magazine, Volume 86, No. 2, June, 1913. Word-play and punning. From the text, "The art of punning has had few practitioners more accomplished than Charles Lamb and Oliver Wendell Holmes." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reginald Birch (illustrator). 6pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 1 drawing, faded water-staining at page bottoms, salvaged from a damaged issue of Century Magazine, Volume LXXXIV, No. 4, August, 1912. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First. An interesting look at the sport of air racing from a historical and social perspective. As air racing became more competitive, companies worked to refine and improve everything from engoine horsepower to aerodynamics. Fine copy with slight bumping on bottom of spine and very good DJ.

Hardback. Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Octavo, stapled wrappers, 46 pp. Very Good+ with former owner signiture. Contents: Introduction; Speech in the Kindergarten; First Grade; Speech Improvement in the Second Grade; Speech Development in the Third Grade; Speech Improvement in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades; Speech Improvement in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Grades; Speech Improvement in the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Grades; Speech Disorders Found in School Children; References. Speech & Hearing, Teaching, Speech, Language, Communication, Disorder, Therapy.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Schiffer Military History, Atglen, PA. 1997. 272 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Here is a unique, revealing, one-of-a-kind book about many of the personalities, pilot, and aircraft involved in major transcontinental races across the United States from 1928-1970. Cross-country unlimited class events-including non-stop air derbies of the late 1920s, the famous Bendix Trophy Races of the 1930s and 1940s, and modern Reno Harolds Club Trophy to 1970-produced some of the most exciting and heartbreaking tournaments on record. Written by the co-author of Mustang: The Racing Thoroughbred, this companion volume is an extensive history and assessment of many factors involved in the isolated, lonely environment of long distance air racing. Although the history is seasoned with technical lore-the history of aviation weather forecasting and wireless radio transmission, major engine manufacturing, detailed histories of the Marcoux-Bromberg r-3, and the Granville Brothers Gee Bee-the human element is by no means neglected. The trials, ordeals and mishaps of many famous pilots include Jimmy Doolittle, Art Grobel, Benny Howard, Earl Ortman, Joe Debona, Charley Tucker, Ed Lunken, and Mike Carroll, and are remembered in context with the planes they flew. EB; 9.25 X 1.25 X 11.75 inches; 272 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in good plus condition, scuff to cloth at spine tail, else very good. DJ in very good condition with mild edge wear, now in protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8.82 X 0.96 X 11.35 inches. 208 pages. Dust jacket spine is sunned . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ships Out Tomorrow!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 272pp. Sl wear, a little soil, very good+ in dust jacket with slight wear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present - emphasizing engine design, speed, modifications, and personalities. 180 b/w & colour photographs The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present emphasizing engine design, speed, modifications, and personalities. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. first edition, dedicated, inscribed, and signed by the author on the title page. near fine copy in dj.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Here is a unique, revealing, one-of-a-kind book about many of the personalities, pilot, and aircraft involved in major transcontinental races across the United States from 1928-1970. Cross-country unlimited class events-including non-stop air derbies of the late 1920s, the famous Bendix Trophy Races of the 1930s and 1940s, and modern Reno Harolds Club Trophy to 1970-produced some of the most exciting and heartbreaking tournaments on record. Written by the co-author of Mustang: The Racing Thoroughbred, this companion volume is an extensive history and assessment of many factors involved in the isolated, lonely environment of long distance air racing. Although the history is seasoned with technical lore-the history of aviation weather forecasting and wireless radio transmission, major engine manufacturing, detailed histories of the Marcoux-Bromberg r-3, and the Granville Brothers Gee Bee-the human element is by no means neglected. The trials, ordeals and mishaps of many famous pilots include Jimmy Doolittle, Art Grobel, Benny Howard, Earl Ortman, Joe Debona, Charley Tucker, Ed Lunken, and Mike Carroll, and are remembered in context with the planes they flew. 250 b/w & colour photographs Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dj has many indentation marks on front and more on the back and a closed tear. Here is a unique, revealing, one-of-a-kind book about many of the personalities, pilot, and aircraft involved in major transcontinental races across the United States from 1928-1970. Cross-country unlimited class events-including non-stop air derbies of the late 1920s, the famous Bendix Trophy Races of the 1930s and 1940s, and modern Reno Harolds Club Trophy to 1970-produced some of the most exciting and heartbreaking tournaments on record. Written by the co-author of Mustang: The Racing Thoroughbred, this companion volume is an extensive history and assessment of many factors involved in the isolated, lonely environment of long distance air racing. Although the history is seasoned with technical lore-the history of aviation weather forecasting and wireless radio transmission, major engine manufacturing, detailed histories of the Marcoux-Bromberg r-3, and the Granville Brothers Gee Bee-the human element is by no means neglected. The trials, ordeals and mishaps of many famous pilots include Jimmy Doolittle, Art Grobel, Benny Howard, Earl Ortman, Joe Debona, Charley Tucker, Ed Lunken, and Mike Carroll, and are remembered in context with the planes they flew. 250 b/w & colour photographs. U.S.A. Aircraft.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($59.95 price intact). Published by Schiffer Military, 1996. Quarto. Maroon cloth boards stamped in black with marbled endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 416 pages. ISBN: 9780887409110. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 272pp. Over sized light brown cloth hardback, no DJ, slight crease in three pages, index, bibliography,appendices, b&w and color photos, one-of-a-kind book about many of the personalities, pilots, and aircraft involved in major transcontinental races across the United States from 1928-1970,

Hardback. Condition: New. The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present - emphasizing engine design, speed, modifications, and personalities.

Hardback. Condition: New. Here is a unique, revealing, one-of-a-kind book about many of the personalities, pilot, and aircraft involved in major transcontinental races across the United States from 1928-1970. Cross-country unlimited class events-including non-stop air derbies of the late 1920s, the famous Bendix Trophy Races of the 1930s and 1940s, and modern Reno Harolds Club Trophy to 1970-produced some of the most exciting and heartbreaking tournaments on record. Written by the co-author of Mustang: The Racing Thoroughbred, this companion volume is an extensive history and assessment of many factors involved in the isolated, lonely environment of long distance air racing. Although the history is seasoned with technical lore-the history of aviation weather forecasting and wireless radio transmission, major engine manufacturing, detailed histories of the Marcoux-Bromberg r-3, and the Granville Brothers Gee Bee-the human element is by no means neglected. The trials, ordeals and mishaps of many famous pilots include Jimmy Doolittle, Art Grobel, Benny Howard, Earl Ortman, Joe Debona, Charley Tucker, Ed Lunken, and Mike Carroll, and are remembered in context with the planes they flew.

Hardback. Condition: New. The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present - emphasizing engine design, speed, modifications, and personalities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover; Hardcover in dust jacket. Very nice maroon cloth boards with title in black on front board and spine. Light edge wear, lightly bumped corners. Light foredge soil. Text pages are clean. Very nice color photo illustrated dust jacket shows some edge wear and scuffing, spine lightly sunned. Looks nice when placed in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Phot & Ill; 4TO.